Bleach-watchers have reacted with a mixture of surprise and incredulity to the news that Bleach is entering into its “final chapter” – although just how long this will last is the subject of much speculation.

Such major file hosting services as Filesonic and Fileserve have begun shutting down or crippling their services out of fear that they may end up following Megaupload’s management in being extradited to the US to face charges of facilitating copyright infringement on a grand scale.

The abrupt cancellation of Mitokon, a manga by Mangatarou serialised in Jump SQ, has lately become rather notorious for prompting what may be (in various meanings of the term) one of harshest manga endings ever…

If a single episode can make or break an anime, it is more often than not the ending which does so – thus anime fans have helpfully sought to rank what are in their opinions some of the least convincing finales in anime history.

Ore no Imouto fans are again in uproar, this time over the freshly unveiled cover of the ninth volume of the light novel, displaying as it does a wedding dress clad and rather fractious Kirino in the arms of an unfortunate Kyosuke…

Victorica fans witnessing the conclusion of top moeic lolita anime Gosick have been delighted by what has been described as one of the most heartwarming endings ever, and a major departure from some of the more bloodsoaked endings of recent titles.

"since it's still white at the end it was probably shock"
... Or maybe it's because bleach is PERMANENT.
She's probably been bleaching it since as she doesn't have visible roots, but you can't just bleach your... More

The finale of Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai is attracting attention for the sheer density (and in the case of the galge targeted, mercilessness) of its parodies, in something of a departure from the tragic bloodbaths which have been popular of late…